Halloween issue of www.WritingRaw.com is now online. We're going to scare the BOO out of you.

ROCK HILL, NY, October 19, 2010

WritingRaw continues to evolve and grow - allowing more of everything to be on the site... more writing in all our categories, more book and publishing news (updated daily), more art (with daily updated cartoons), more interactive features (the Wall), and other informative and entertaining bits and pieces... WritingRaw is stepping into the future of literature like no other site on the web!

The October 15 issue of WritingRaw.com is NOW online: Writing Raw is a FREE literary ezine dedicated to new and emerging writers. Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill.

We also support other sites that help writers: http://www.WritingRaw.com believes in reaching out to other sites, writing groups, forums, and organizations. Contact us on how you can place a FREE banner, announcement or link on our site! Or, use the Writing Raw Book Store to promote your novel or poetry collection: If you have a novel or collection that you would like to place in our store, we would be more than happy to do so - for FREE. Just send us a copy of the cover of the book, a brief synopsis, and a link as to where the material can be purchased.

We are now offering these exciting pages for you to use: News Feeds - stop in and check out some live news feeds ranging from topics concerning writing and the publishing world to outlandish worldwide new to inspire your imagination; The WALL - just like it sounds... come place some graffiti on the wall and let us know what you are thinking; or, find out what WritingRaw is talking about on other social media sites such as FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.; or, check out your horoscope or get a free tarot readings or even ask the Magic 8 Ball something you are in need of knowing. It's all fun; Shout Outs - this is where you can go and promote yourself or a project. Just give a shout out on this live wall to get your name out there. Just help yourself.... It's FREE; Art - the name says it all! This new page is dedicated to the artists out there who would like to submit their work so that writers can use it for inspiration. The art work can be in any medium... just take a picture of it and send it to us, with a short bio, and any site or selling information you want. It's that easy; Cartoons - everyone needs a good laugh... besides having daily live feeds of cartoons, we hope to have submissions soon; and all of the old pages, but pumped up and evolved to the next level...

Also, be sure to check out the NEW announcements on WritingRaw.com's Home page from writer's group and organizations worldwide. Discover meeting places, organizations offering fellowships, contests, and a variety of other useful websites all dedicated to writers of every level.

NEW episodes of "really BAD Shakespeare" on the 8th and 22nd of each month! This week on Season 2, Episode 4: Hell is Empty. "really BAD Shakespeare" is a new adventure in storytelling. Based on the concept of the penny dreadfuls from the nineteenth century, really BAD Shakespeare is a black comedy based on the "end of days" in the fictional town of Potter's Field, Illinois. Published bi-monthly and containing less than 1,500 words per episode, this experiment in creative writing will allow writers to expand their storytelling skills while pushing the plot further.

NEW this month:

7-Question Interviews with the following best-selling and award-winning authors: Robert Jackson Bennett, Daryl Gregory, David Moody, J. P. Moore, Hank Schwaeble, David Wellington, Brenna Yovanoff

Highlighted Darkness: Shame by R.E. Heinrich; Highlighted Writing Trip: How to Write a Query Letter: Genres Agents are Dying For Now! By Jeff Rivera; Highlighted Poem: 'Twas the Night before Halloween by Molly Templar; Highlighted Short Story: Jack-o'-Lantern by Raphael Henaut

And all NEW Material in the following categories:

Assorted: Halloween is Never Over by Jim Reed

Fiction: 4 Halloween Flash Fiction by Ron Koppelberger; A Bewitching Event by Thomas Lynn; A Halloween Story by Eric L. Marsh; Death's Apprentice by Lana Webber; Eye Witness by Christina Hoag; E R Cassam Hypnotist Extraordinaire by Ann J Smith; Love and Marriage by Gloria Teague; My Funeral by Pauline Conway; Oblivion Road by Chris Castle; Old Jake by Dahris H. Clair; On Comet by Charles Hightower; One Out of Three by Patricia K. McCarthy; Reaping by Pam Farley; Sally and Leo by Carolyn Belcher; The Eye by Kirsty Ferguson; The Late Shift by L B Gschwandtner; The Nameless by Stuart Williams; The New Friend by Chris Castle; The People at Number 10 by Pauline Conway; The Room Under the Eaves by Patricia Ann Reid

Poetry: The Scarecrow by Lana Webber; A Brush with Death by Shelley Haggard; A Mind in Hell by David Clarke; All Hallow Even by Salvatore Buttaci; Bleak Night's Howl by David Clarke; Briar Rose by Emilio Iasiello; Cinderella Strung Out by Emilio Iasiello; Concentration Camp of the Mind by Denny Hoffman; Crying Souls by David J Delaney; Death at the Crossroads Dance by David Clarke; Dreaming of Cats by John Tufail; Fur Balls of the Night by Denny Hoffman; Halloween by Mike Wilson; How Can I Describe the Taste of Blood? by C. Allan Butkus; It's HARROWEEN by Malcolm Watts; Lullaby by Ronald Fischman; Mystic Void by Connie Goodman-Milone; Next Time by John Tufail; Night Stalker by Evelyn B. Ryan; Reunion by Denny Hoffman; School Yard Ghost of the 1600s by David Clarke; Succubus by Janet Kozachek; The Frog Prince by Emilio Iasiello; The Night of the Halloween Party by Eileen Ward-Birch; The Spyder by John Tufail; The Werewolf Within by Shelley Haggard

Art: 4 Paintings byJanet Kozachek; Halloween Cat by Carol Yoho; Pencil Drawing by Diane Winks

So what are you waiting for? Stop in at http://www.WritingRaw.com and discover a new and emerging voice today. This isn't your parent's literary site!